The title of the posts also have their very own title tag which allows you to separately style this. And, lastly, users can now turn on or off the counting for overall and / or daily posts. So, if you don’t need the daily counter, you’ll get some performance improvements. v1.9.6 fixes bugs introduced in v1.9.5 where the daily counter remained off permanently.

As usual, if you’re seeking support on the plugin check out the support forum first. And, if you’ve been using this plugin a lot, do consider giving a 5 star review.

Changes in 1.9.5 and 1.9.6

• New: CSS class tptn_title that can be used to style the title of the posts
• New: Option to disable Daily or Overall counters
• Fixed: Counter to work with different directory structures. Thanks Nathan for the fix
• Fixed: To make it work with W3 Total Cache. Thanks Angelo for the fix
• Modified: timthumb will now work if you have JetPack Proton activated

• New: Clear cache button
• New: Option to add the date before the post title

If you have any questions / bug reports, please post them in the WordPress support forums. I check these regularly. And, while you’re around there, why not write a good review for the plugin?

Check out my movie review of Fast & Furious 6 published on Blogcritics.

Fast & Furious 6 is definitely a must watch movie if you have been actively following the past 6 movies. It continues where Fast 5 left off and sets the scene for Fast & Furious 7. Director Justin Lin won’t be returning for Fast 7, but he does leave the series at its peak. I’m eagerly waiting for Fast 7 which is to be expected sometime next year.

Poster credits: IMP Awards

Kew Gardens is located about a short walk from Kew Gardens Underground station which is the second last station on the District Line and good hours journey from where I stay in London. There are four gates where you can enter from and the Victoria Gate is the closest to the station. However, given the size of the line, we decided to enter via the Lion Gate which is around 5 minutes away.

Kew Palace is located within the gardens. However, since the gardens and the palace are managed by different entities, our membership does not cover entry into the palace. However, it doesn’t cover the entry to Kew Gardens, which means that you still need to pay to enter. There are several attractions in Kew Gardens and we decided we would try to cover as many as possible.

Kew Gardens map

Since it was almost lunch time, we decided to find our way to the Orangery restaurant, which is located diagonally opposite from Lions Gate and so as we walked there, we decided to make the most of it and take in the view.

After lunch we went over to Kew Palace. Kew Palace is a relatively small palace as you can see from the pictures. The rooms are laid out for people viewing. It was a fairly quick visit and you can see the whole palace in under an hour.

Queen Charlotte’s Cottage is open on weekends and so we decided to visit the place before it shut down. It’s located at the other end of the gardens and so we spent a good amount of time walking back to get to the cottage just before it closed for entry. The visit around the cottage was quick. And being relatively small, our visit was quick.

It was already 5pm, so we decided we would hurry over to check out the Glasshouse which is home to several temperate plants and then the Rhizotron and Xstrata Treetop Walkway.

After this, we grabbed some evening tea, picked up a few things from the store and then left the place. It was a nice long evening with way too much walking.

Check out my photos of Kew Gardens and Kew Palace on Flickr.

Contextual Related Posts is a powerful plugin for WordPress that allows you to display a list of related posts on your website and in your feed.

The list is based on the content of the title and/or content of the posts which makes them more relevant and more likely to be of interest to your readers. This allows you to retain visitors, reduce bounce rates and refresh old entries.

Contextual Related Posts is one of the most feature rich related posts plugins for WordPress with support for thumbnails, shortcodes, widgets, custom post types, caching and CSS styles.

What started as a simple piece of code by Mark Ghosh for his Weblog Tools Collection, has today evolved into a related posts plugin loved by thousands of users.

I have several plans for the plugin and over the next few months you will find several new features being added. If you’re looking for support regarding the plugin, as usual, make a post in the support forum.

Lastly, if you’re a user of this plugin and believe that it has been a valuable addition to your site, do consider a small donation. You can enter the amount you wish to donate.

Better Search replaces the default WordPress search engine with a more powerful search engine that gives search results relevant to the title and content of the post. This means that visitors to your blog will find will find what they are looking for quicker than if you didn’t have Better Search installed.

Better Search uses the same algorithm behind Contextual Related Posts to get your visitors to your WordPress blog highly relevant results.

New in Better Search v1.3

• Modified: Revamp of admin interface of the plugin
• Added: New option to activate BOOLEAN mode of mySQL FULLTEXT searching. Check the mySQL docs for further information on this
• Added: Custom post type support. Now choose what visitors are allowed to search
• Added: Links in the search heatmap are no-follow by default. You can turn this off in the Settings page
• Added: Option to make make heatmap links to open in a new window
• Added: Option to turn off the display of the heatmap on the results page
• Added: New CSS classes for heatmaps on the search results page – heatmap_daily and heatmap_overall
• Fixed: Possible cross-site request forgery issue in the Settings page

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Show “Readers who viewed this page, also viewed” links on your page. Much like Amazon.com’s product pages. The plugin tracks visitor movement across your site and gives you, as the blog owner, an insight on what visitors are clicking through. Your visitors are motivated to follow the links of others on your site.

v1.6 brings you a brand new admin interface, similar to those of my other plugins, tonnes of new options and customisation. It also fixes a critical security issue on the admin settings page.

If you have any questions on support requests, please do make a post in the support forums. I monitor these regularly and should be your first stop. If you’re using this plugin, do consider leaving a good review.

Changes in v1.6.0

• New: Redesigned admin interface
• New: More thumbnail options available including using timthumb to resize images
• New: Posts list is wrapped in a new class wherego_related which should be the primary method to style the list
• New: Option to add nofollow to links
• New: Option to open links in new window
• New: Limit the length of the title in the posts list
• New: Custom styles tab to quickly add CSS to style the output
• New: More display options. You can now choose to display the list of visited posts on home and archive pages
• New: Separate feed settings
• New: Option to exclude display of visited posts on select post/page IDs
• New: Option to exclude certain posts/page IDs from the visited posts
• Fixed: Plugin will no longer display Ajax error
• Fixed: Plugin will now work without errors with WP_DEBUG set to TRUE

- Download Where did they go from here from the WordPress repository
- Visit Where did they go from here homepage

Following quick on the heels of Contextual Related Posts v1.8.7, I’ve uploaded Top 10 v1.9.3 to the plugin repository.

Top 10 will count the number of page views on your single posts on a daily as well as overall basis. You can then display the page view count on individual posts and pages as well as display a list of most popular posts based on page views.

This is an important update that fixes a potential XSS vulnerability in the settings page plus some bug fixes. I’ve also added two new classes for styling the widgets.

If you’ve any questions please do use the support forums, as they are the best mode to receive support as I monitor them daily. If you’re a user of Top 10, do leave a good review for the plugin.

Changes in 1.9.3 and 1.9.4

• Important security update: Fixed possible XSS vulnerability
• Fixed: Exclude categories was not excluding posts correctly
• Added: Classes tptn_posts and tptn_posts_daily for the widgets that let you easily style the lists

I uploaded v1.8.7 of Contextual Related Posts to the WordPress.org repository.

Contextual Related Posts is a powerful plugin for WordPress that allows you to display a list of related posts on your website and in your feed.

This is a very important update and fixes a potential XSS issue with the settings screen. Highly recommended that you update to this version asap.

If you have any questions / bug reports, please post them in the WordPress support forums. I check these regularly. And, while you’re around there, why not write a good review for the plugin?

Contextual Related Posts is a powerful plugin for WordPress that allows you to display a list of related posts on your website and in your feed.

If you have any questions / bug reports, please post them in the WordPress support forums. I check these regularly. And, while you’re around there, why not write a good review for the plugin?

This version of Contextual Related Posts brings a much needed cache system, thanks to code from flynsarmy. Related posts will automatically be cached as visitors browse through your site. This is not enabled by default, but you can turn this on under “General options”.

The update also adds a new function get_crp_posts that returns the list of posts in an array. And, also a new shortcode [ crp ] (without the spaces) to display the related posts wherever you want within the content area.

As usual existing users of the plugin can update it directly from within the WordPress dashboard of your blog. If you’re not an existing user of CRP, why don’t you download it today and give it a test drive?

New in 1.8.6

• New: Related posts are now cached
• New: New function get_crp_posts to get only the list of posts in an array. Check the FAQ on how to use it.
• New: Timthumb will now resize images on wordpress.org, wordpress.com and wp.com. The latter two are useful if you’re running Jetpack
• New: Shortcode functionality. You can use the shortcode [ crp ] (without the spaces) to display the related posts. Check the FAQ for further details.
• Fixed: Exclude category option missed the last category in the list
• Fixed: Open links in new window option was not working

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